TEA CADDY (BOÎTE À THÉ)
Creator(s): Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (Manufacturer)
On view in: French Drawing Room
About this object
The ground is pink, the shape is rectangular with oblique corners, a slightly domed top with a small round opening with a collar and cover, the front and back have each a medallion reserved in white and framed by a gold band tooled with matte and polished triangles, each containing a painted landscape-on one side with a small figure walking on a road towards some buildings, on the other with a small rectangular building containing a fountain from which a small figure fills a cup, the rest of the box is covered with a lattice made of stylized leaves in gold and blue.
- Object name:
- TEA CADDY (BOÎTE À THÉ)
- Made from:
- Soft paste porcelain
- Made in:
- Sèvres, France
- Date made:
- 1762
- Size:
- 3 × 2 1/2 in. (7.6 × 6.4 cm)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 24.90.1-2
- Class:
- CERAMICS
- Signature marks:
- MARK .1 (pot) Crossed L's, and the date letter K for 1762; also an incised mark
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973